"Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds
without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who linger long at the wine, those who go in
search of mixed wine. Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it
swirls around smoothly; at the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper." (Prov. 23:29-32)
Do you think you will ever see an advertisement like this in your evening paper? "An Ad for
Alcohol: Friends and neighbors, I am grateful for your past patronage. I have supplied my store
with a fine line of choice liquors. However, I must warn you that my products shall continue to
make drunkards, paupers, and beggars. They will incite robbery, fornication, riot, and bloodshed.
They will cause physical abuse, hunger, and divorce in many families. They will diminish your
comfort, increase your expenses, shorten your life, and multiply fatal accidents and incurable
diseases. They will deprive some of life, others of reason, many of character, and all of peace."
FBI statistics indicate that for every drunk driver arrested there are 82 who don't get caught. There are approximately 27,000 deaths each year related directly, or indirectly, to alcohol.